DRIVER PERFORMANCE RELATED TO INTERCHANGE MARKING AND NIGHTTIME VISIBILITY CONDITIONS

DRIVER PERFORMANCE IS STUDIED UNDER DIFFERENT CONDITIONS OF NIGHT VISIBILITY AND UNDER THE IMPACT OF VARIOUS HIGHWAY MARKING SYSTEMS. THE MOTORISTS TAKING PART IN THE STUDY WERE FAMILIAR WITH THE INTERCHANGE CHOSEN FOR THE STUDY. TESTS WERE CONDUCTED UNDER FIVE CONDITIONS: (1) FULL ILLUMINATION, (2) DARK, (3) STANDARD DELINEATION, (4) EXPERIMENTAL REFLECTORIZATION, AND (5) COMBINED ILLUMINATION AND REFLECTORIZATION. THE OVERALL RESULTS OF THIS STUDY SUGGEST THAT REFLECTORIZATION AS WELL AS ILLUMINATION CAN BE AN EFFECTIVE MEANS OF REDUCING DRIVING PROBLEMS RELATED TO NIGHTTIME VISIBILITY CONDITIONS. A CAREFULLY PLANNED REFLECTIVE TREATMENT IS EASILY FOLLOWED.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 255, pp 128-137, 3 FIG, 6 TAB Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Darrell, J E P
  • Dunnette, Marvin D
• Publication Date: 1960

Media Info

• Monograph Title: Night visibility: 1960
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Bulletin
  • Issue Number: 255
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver performance; Drivers; Field tests; Interchanges; Night visibility; Personnel performance; Reflectorized materials; Road markings; Street lighting
• Old TRIS Terms: Reflectorization; Traffic marking
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222850
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 12 1994 12:00AM